The most brilliant intellects of the ancient world could not even
imagine a world without slavery- where there existed a vast class of
workers compelled to work " freely " for private wealth - but -if and
only if-that private wealth could exploit this " free labor ".
The creation of the modern working class was a long historical process. Too bad Ayn Rand was not around
2400 years ago to advise Aristotle writing his " Politics ".
Aristotle said that some people were just " slaves by nature ". Ayn Rand
thought that most people were working class drudges by nature.
Modern capitalism depends on advanced science and technology. The
Greek genius could not rise above the limitations of the times.
Without the steam engine no modern capitalism. It was no accident that
the Industrial Revolution happened when and where it did.
Human society evolves. History does not culminate with Donald Trump and the American Way of Life.
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